outlast
verb
out·last
ˌau̇t-ˈlast 
outlasted; outlasting; outlasts
: to last longer than : to continue to exist, be active, etc., longer than (someone or something)
BookCourt … withstood the 1999 opening of a Barnes & Noble store just a few blocks away and even outlasted the owners' marriage.—
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Eli RosenbergExamples of outlast in a Sentence
I truly hope this car will outlast our previous one
your work will probably outlast you
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Thunder needed two TDs and two two-point conversions in fourth quarter to outlast Pueblo County.
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All these years later, Corigliano’s symphony has outlasted those skirmishes and emerged sounding fresh and exciting and powerful.
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But the West outlasted that bipolar conflict and even expanded its boundaries to include a number of former Soviet bloc countries and some former Soviet republics through the expansion of NATO and the European Union.
—Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Thunder needed two TDs and two two-point conversions in fourth quarter to outlast Pueblo County.
—Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
All these years later, Corigliano’s symphony has outlasted those skirmishes and emerged sounding fresh and exciting and powerful.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
But the West outlasted that bipolar conflict and even expanded its boundaries to include a number of former Soviet bloc countries and some former Soviet republics through the expansion of NATO and the European Union.
—Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for outlast
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“Outlast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outlast. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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